The reception of Lafayette at Mount Vernon, home of Washington,’ painted by Herman Bencke around 1875. Bencke & Scott/Library of Congress by Matthew Smith America is nearing the 250th ...

Not only have we forgotten or neglected the creator of our world and His Word, we have a lack of knowledge or practice of our founders' directions.

If an opinionated old guy from southern Iowa delivered the recent commencement address at the United States Military Academy, ...

The Court House on Delaware Street, built in 1732, stands as proud testimony to New Castle’s significance in early American governance. Before Delaware became the First State, this building served as ...

The Belmar community filled the air with pride Tuesday afternoon during the borough’s third annual LGBTQ+ flag raising ...

This idea of destroying a nation to reinvent it in a dear leader’s (and his cronies’) image is not new. Many megalomaniac, ...

We’ve had the first unofficial stirrings in preparation for a 250th birthday party next year for the good old USA.

The U.K. government didn't want the King to help us assert our sovereignty, but it couldn't do much to interfere ...

even though independence was accepted on July 2. 10. Early on, not everyone in America was supportive of the Declaration of Independence. Partisan politics led to discord. Federalist John Adams ...

The university owns two copies of a rare early printing of the declaration, and “Declaring Independence: Creating and Recreating America’s ... the first to print it after the Dunlap broadside.

There is nothing that brings people together like an old-fashioned 4th of July celebration. We like to celebrate with ...